this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. these are the top stories developing at 11. the government stands by theresa may's chequers plan for brexit, despite it being rejected by eu leaders at a summit in salzburg. the chequers deal provides a credible deliverable plan and it is for the eu to engage on the substance of this. two huge pharmaceutical companies have lost a legal case to prevent a drug being used to treat a common eye condition — which could save the nhs £500 million a year. the metropolitan police has admitted, for the first time, that an undercover officer had a sexual relationship with an environmental activist with the knowledge of his bosses. more than 100 people are confirmed dead, after a ferry sinks on lake victoria in tanzania. confused over recycling?

the bbc has found that there as many as 39 different sets of council rules for recycling plastic, while some authorities don't take any plastic. the government says it wants to make the process more straightforward, and to increase domestic recycling rates. also, as ukip meet for their annual conference in birmingham, we'll have live coverage of their leader's speech. that's coming up later this hour. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the government's insisting this morning that theresa may's brexit proposal is still workable and credible, despite being rejected by eu leaders at a summit in salzburg. ministerjames brokenshire told the bbc that tough words were to be expected near the end

of negotiations but the government was resolute in its bid to get a deal. meanwhile cabinet minister, chris grayling warned the eu that there will be a no deal brexit if it doesn't soften its position on the irish border. our political correspondent, chris mason, reports. it was hoped there would be some harmony at this meeting in salzburg, the setting for the sound of music. instead, eu leaders gave theresa may's brexit plan a bit of a kicking. everybody shared the view that while there are positive elements in the chequers proposal, the suggested framework for economic co—operation will not work. but the prime minister didn't back down, standing by her brexit blueprint, seemingly angry at how things went. so yes, concerns have been raised.

i want to know what those concerns are. there is a lot of hard work to be done, but i believe that there is a willingness to do a deal. but let nobody be in any doubt, as i have always said, we are preparing for no deal. so, two rather different songsheets among eu leaders as the talks reach a crucial stage. both sides say they do want a deal, but there is still stuff they can't agree on, not least how to avoid a hard irish border. at the moment what the european union is asking around northern ireland is simply impossible for any uk government to accept. if they stick to that position there will be no deal because no uk government, certainly not this one, the labour party said the same, could possibly accept any kind of border in the irish sea. critics at home who don't like the prime minister's plan are saying "i told you so." the former brexit secretary david davis told the huffington post there is a rock—solid core of probably 30 or a0 conservative mps prepared to vote against it. theresa may might have wanted

helpful mood music to take home, instead, the noise left ringing in her ears is not quite so tuneful. chris mason, bbc news. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, is at westminster. good morning to you, jonathan. the morning after a very eventful day before. what is the way ahead for both sides in this? as far as both sides are concerned, the way ahead is to stick to their plan, to stand firm. you heard theresa may in the report saying that the chequers deal remains the only credible deal, credible plan, on the table, as far as the uk are concerned and there is absolutely no sign after donald tusk and various easily —— eu leaders said yesterday the plans will still be not work. absolutely no sign they

are going to budge and come round to the idea either. for now, we have what appears to be a stalemate and something of a deadlock at this crucial phase in the brexit negotiations. this morning, the communities and housing secretary, james brokenshire held firm and said it is still the government ‘s plan to put forward the chequers deal, but reiterating that they were planning hard for a no deal scenario. the chequers deal provides a credible, deliverable plan and it is for the eu to engage on the substance of this. the prime minister remains resolute and is acting in the best interests of our country. getting that right deal. it is for the eu ain't —— to engage on the substance of that and that is what we will continue to do because ultimately it is about getting the right deal for our country, it is about getting the best deal for britain and that what —— that is what the prime minister remains focused on. if it is to be approved by

parliament, a deal only has a few more weeks to be breached, talk of a no deal scenario becomes more and more likely because as we have seen, there does seem to be something of an impasse in the negotiations. labour say that the prime minister should soften her position, she should soften her position, she should work towards a customs union with the european union, rather than having a common rule book for goods and a separate arrangement for services. keir starmer of the labour party this morning has said that the sta kes a re party this morning has said that the stakes are getting higher. we should never accept that no deal is inevitable. no deal will be catastrophic for our economy, plunging it into real crisis. and for many other areas. so we cannot acce pt for many other areas. so we cannot accept no deal. and really, the next four weeks should all about how does the primaries and avoid that? he can

only avoid that by being more realistic. she needs to accept we need a customs union and a strong single market deal, both for the northern ireland border but also for out northern ireland border but also for our economy. how difficult does this make the upcoming tory conference for theresa may? well, it was already going to be difficult for him but it is now going to be even more difficult. and i think it will be very interesting to see what the prime minister does. she has a choice. she can stand firm, stick to their plan, keep repeating over and over again that the chequers plan is the only credible plan on the table. the only credible plan on the table. the only credible proposal. and hope at least oi’ credible proposal. and hope at least or believe that the eu will come round to it. all will give some ground and begin to engage with it seriously. or she can shift. she can acknowledge that it is not going to work, that the eu are not going to buy it and move to something closer

on one side which might be the so—called norway model, which remains very close, keeps close ties to the eu but we'll see britain having to follow rules and regulations from brussels or moving sepa t20 free trade situation. all sides in her party will be keen to see what she has as a party conference and as we know, she has to keep as many as possible of them happy because any deal she gets has to get through parliament and there are people in the conservative party who would not vote for anything like the chequers plan on the table. the metropolitan police have admitted for the first time that an undercover officer had a sexual relationship with an environmental activist with the knowledge of his bosses. legal documents seen by the bbc show that mark kennedy s cover officers and line manager knew about his relationship with kate wilson and allowed it to continue. up to now the police have always maintained these relationships would not be sanctioned by senior officers. here's our home affairs correspondent, june kelly.

he posed as mark stone, an environmental activist and a single man. in reality he was mark kennedy, an undercover police officer, married with children. one of a number of officers who had relationships with women campaigners they were spying on. 15 years ago, mark kennedy began a two—year relationship with kate wilson. as a result, she is currently involved in legal action against the metropolitan police. in her case, the police have now admitted for the first time that mark kennedy's cover officers and his line manager knew about this relationship and allowed it to continue. so, we've been told... kate wilson is currently abroad. via skype she spoke of how this new information from the police contradicts what they told her when they paid her compensation. they gave me an apology in our civil claim, where they say these

relationships should never have happened, they would never have been authorised and they were a case of failures of supervision and management. and that is just not case — management were absolutely complicit in what was going on. in a statement, scotland yard said that, as a result of the ongoing legal action, it would be inappropriate to comment at this stage. adding again that those relationships were wrong and should not have happened. the question now being asked is whether police bosses knew about all mark kennedy's undercover relationships and those of the other police spies. june kelly, bbc news. two major drugs companies have lost a legal case to prevent nhs doctors

from prescribing a cheaper drug for a debilitating eye condition. the decision to approve avastin could save the nhs as much as £500 million a year. it's as effective as the two existing treatments for wet age—related macular degeneration but until now hadn't be licensed. our health correspondent dominic hughesjoins us now from our studio in salford. this whole case centres around this condition, as you described, that affects around 26,000 people in the uk. as you said, there are two existing treatments for this, but it is also being discovered some years ago, walked more than a decade ago really, that cancer drug avastin,

used to treat cancerous tumours is as effective as those existing drugs but comes in atjust a fraction of the cost. doctors from 12 clinical commissioning groups in the north—east of england want to be able to offer that cheaper option, as effective but much cheaper option, to their patients. the two drugs companies who make the existing treatments have sought a judicial review and that has now been comprehensively denied today by thisjudgment. it been comprehensively denied today by this judgment. it means that doctors now right across the nhs, right across the uk, will now be able to offer patients the option of taking this effective but much cheaper avastin treatment for this debilitating eye condition but more than that, it opens up the option also of other drugs that can be used to treat condition a, but can be

useful condition be, but are much cheaper, it opens up a real problem for the drugs companies when they look at what these might do to their profits. also does it raise questions about what sort of drugs they might pour money into in terms of research because their whole model is based on receiving a certain amount of income for setting drugs? would that make a difference to their research plans as well? i think that is some way perhaps down the track but it opens up a whole load of mind—numbing possibilities. the two companies that produce this drug, the existing treatments, say that this ruling undermines the whole regulatory framework because they say this drug is not licensed to be used for this condition in the country. it is already used in the united states and is already used right across parts of the eu as well. it is safe,

it is as effective. but they said is not licensed to be used in this country. it not licensed to be marketed for the condition but that is because the company that produces this drug, avastin, has not applied for a licence and why would it do that because then it would lose money. it is a judgment that has lots and lots of ramifications. in the meantime, the prospect of saving as much as £500 million a year for the nhs, one can only imagine being above areas where that could be spent. the drug avastin, i understand, is about 20 times cheaper than the existing treatments. some patients might say, i don't want that, i want the more expensive drug but actually when we spoke to patients yesterday, many of them were saying, i don't care. if it saves the nhs a bit of money, i wa nt it saves the nhs a bit of money, i want what is effective, as long as it is as safe and effective as the existing treatments. i will go for the cheaper option and save the nhs some money. when the health budget

is under pressure, as it has been for many years now, all those savings are immensely important. rescue operations to find survivors of a ferry that capsized on lake victoria in northern tanzania resumed at first light today. more than 100 people are now reported to have died when it sank yesterday. hundreds are still missing. the vessel overturned close to the shore on lake victoria in the north of the country. caroline rigby reports. rescuers at the scene of tanzania ‘s latest boating disaster. reports suggest this passenger ferry may have been overloaded when it capsized with as many as 400 people on board. witnesses described seeing it sinking in front of them. translation: look, look, there is the ferry, it has sunk. it has just sank right now. the vessel overturned on lake

victoria, the largest in africa. capsizing between the islands. authorities are now working to establish why it sank. translation: when the captain was trying to slow down and about to dock, the passengers were already running to the other side. ready to get off. now the wait was too much on one side of the ferry. it capsized and sank. it turned completely, it tumbled upside down. this is farfrom tumbled upside down. this is far from the first nautical disaster in tanzania, with overcrowding playing a role in many of those which have come before. at least 145 people died in 2012, when a packed ferry sank while transporting people to zanzibar in the indian ocean. and almost 200 we re the indian ocean. and almost 200 were killed in the same region the previous year. in 1996, more than 800 people lost their lives in lake

victoria in one of the worst ferry disasters of the last century. the headlines on bbc news: despite it being rejected by eu leaders at their salzburg summit. which would have prevented a cancer drug being used to treat a common eye condition. the drug could save the nhs up to 500 million pounds annually. the metropolitan police admits, for the first time, that an undercover officer had a sexual relationship with an environmental activist —— with the knowledge of his bosses. it was a good night for the british teams in the europa league last night. sergio aguero has signed a one—year contract extension with manchester

city to take him through to 2021. he joined the club in 2011 and is their record goal—scorer. and stuart hogg will miss the autumn international series after having surgery on an ankle problem. he will be out for up to three months. i will be back with a full bulletin in the next 15 minutes or so. more now on the countdown to brexit and as we're reporting, the future of the irish border is one of the key sticking points in theresa may s negotiations with the european union. changes, including more checks on goods, could have big implications on trade between great britain and the irish republic. bbc reality check‘s correspondent chris morris has been to the port of holyhead in north wales, which handles hundreds of thousands of lorries a year, travelling to and from dublin. holyhead in north wales, the uk's second busiest ferry port. and the

main trade route between britain and ireland. this is roll on roll off logistics in action, no checks, when two ferries arrive here one after another, hundreds of lorries and trailers disembark. if you put them all back to back, the queue would stretch back for about three miles. to date brexit issues coincide here on the welsh coast, triggered uk ports and trade across the irish border. a look at the map shows you why holyhead has become so important for trade between britain and ireland. sailing time from here to dublin, just over three hours. compare that to liverpool to belfast, more like eight hours. about 30% of the freight that arrives here in holyhead starts out in northern ireland, crosses the invisible irish border, and then departs from the port of dublin. a lot of it is fresh produce, time sensitive, so the impossible ——

possible introduction of customs or other checks would cause a big problem. a lot of the goods are perishable goods so it is important bigot of the market quickly. any delays when you add the travel time then, it has an impact on economy, profit margins etc. 80 miles from holyhead, this is wrexham, a family—owned company making specialist animal bedding. business is good. they want to expand. lorries pass through holyhead several times a week. ireland is their only export market. a country with a huge dairy industry. but new technology aimed at attracting more business in ireland been put on hold because of the uncertainty caused by brexit. what about global britain, looking further afield? this company has taken part in a trade mission to india but it still wants trade with the neighbours to be first priority.

on reflection, we looked at ireland a lot closer and it made sense to supply ireland at the moment. they need our product and the uk needs their milk. hopefully they can broker a good dealfor all parties concerned. if everything has changed, we will have to revisit our growth strategy and look at alternatives. back in holyhead, the wheels are still in motion but uncertainties in the air. if checks are needed in future, could they be done on board ferries crossing the only see? could that avoid miles of queues? ferry companies are still investing in this world. they are also increasing capacity forfreight that get sent directly from ireland to france, belgium, netherlands spain. holyhead needs a brexit outcome that keeps borders as open as they are now. the leader of ukip, gerard batten, will unveil the party's new manifesto today, as it aims to become the radical, populist party in british politics. mr batten will tell delegates

at their annual conference in birmingham that he will stand up for free speech against the politically—correct thought police. our political correspondent, pete saull, is at the conference in birmingham. after its various crises, is ukip ready now to present a united front? i suppose for the past couple of yea rs, i suppose for the past couple of years, the question has been asked over and over again, what is the point of ukip know that britain is leaving the european union? gerard batten is actually the fourth ukip leader in the space of two years. he seems to be taking the party in a slightly new direction. he's going to talk about repositioning ukip as a radical populist party and populist, he says, in the true sense of the word because it has popular policies, he believes. they have launched today and into a manifesto which includes policies such as

scrapping the bbc licence fee, repealing the climate change act, getting rid of the human rights commission, things that he believes will reach out to what he believes isa will reach out to what he believes is a large section of society that feel let down by mainstream politics. they do have their work cut out though. remember, they got almost wiped out in the general election last year. in the local elections in may, they went from 126 councillors to just three. as i say, gerard batten trying to reach out perhaps to a new demographic, so they can become once again a force in british politics. what speakers are they going to be hearing from the conference? quite an interesting group of speakers we have got today. some of the sort of established figures within the party but also to mark controversial figures. these

are what has been referred to in the past as alt—right bloggers. quite controversial online. the belief within i think a lot of ukip is that these people can bring new members into the party. they have hundreds of thousands of viewers online but a lot of the party establishment i think are quite uncomfortable with their views as well and indeed ukip has lost some high—profile figures in recent months because of the direction, the more extreme way they believe gerard batten is taking the party in. he himself has also been to rallies in support of tommy robinson. and that again has caused a fair amount of controversy as well. they believe

that these are mainstream views that are represented by large swathes of society. and we'll bring you full coverage of gerard batten's speech security concerns have been raised about the imminent release from prison of the radical preacher anjem choudary and other followers of a banned extremist group. a former member of al—muhajiroun has told the bbc choudary‘s release comes at the same time as the threat of far right extremism is growing which could create a potentially disastrous cocktail. steve swann reports. for years, he was a thorn in the side of the police, recruiting and radicalising young muslims to violent jihad. radicalising young muslims to violentjihad. but his conviction in 2016 for inviting support for islamic state silenced him and his followers. that may be about to

change. anjem choudary leaves prison next month, around a dozen of his supporters are also now free. adam dean was a member of al—muhajiroun for years. he fears the group could be reactivated at a time of rising tension. the environment that we see now is quite troubling, with the release of these al—muhajiroun members and put that in a mix with the growing threat and the growing noise from the far right about anti—muslim bigotry and that is a really disastrous cocktail. young muslim minds can be easily manipulated and be used for the agenda of these extremist organisations. but released prisoners like anjem choudary will face heavy restrictions on their activities. terrorist offenders have activities. terrorist offenders have a lot more supervision than normal offenders and that is because we recognise the risk and we seek to

reduce it to as low as possible. recognise the risk and we seek to reduce it to as low as possiblem is hoped this will be enough to stifle the extremist group once accused of being a recruiting sergeant for al-qaeda and islamic state. italy's competition watchdog, antitrust, has opened an inquiry into ryanair‘s decision to charge people to take hand luggage on to the plane. from november, passengers will still be able to take a small personal bag into the cabin, as long as it fits under the seat in front. but they will have to pay nine euros, or eight pounds, to take on a 10kg bag. antitrust said hand luggage was an essential element of transport and should be included in the ticket price. sir eltonjohn and his partner have been awarded significant libel damages over allegations their dog injured a child at a play date. the story originally appeared in the sun on sunday in february, and alleged that their pet had inflicted "freddy krueger—like" injuries on the child. the couple were not in court to hear the decision. can you put plastic bottles and yoghurt pots

in the same recycling bin? the answer probably depends on where you live. the bbc has found that confusion reigns for almost half of homes when it comes to recycling. now the government wants to see how domestic recycling rates can be increased. here's our science editor, david shukman. in swansea in south wales, pink bags are for plastic recycling. all over the country, different councils recycle plastic in different ways. in north oxfordshire, plastic goes into blue bins, along with all the other recycling, to be sorted later. in waltham forest in east london, black boxes are for plastic, and each council has its own rules about which kinds of plastic it'll take. confused? well, sue raymond lives near bracknell in berkshire, and like many, she isn't clear what to do. i don't know if i can put that in the bin, and whether that will get discarded the other end or whether they will recycle that. you will you assume you can or you assume you can't?

i will put it in. because you think it will probably be ok? i'd rather try and put it in my recycling bin rather than put it in my rubbish. to help sue with her plastic, we take her to the local recycling centre in reading for a look behind the scenes. centre manager adrian clarke will be her guide. that will be made into food trays again. here, bottles, yoghurt pots and food cartons are all accepted. staff check everything is being sorted correctly. sue learns that if she gets things slightly wrong, the system can handle it. they seem quite tolerant with the amount of plastics that can go into the recycling bin, and they can do things with it. so i think i'm doing the right thing by putting it in. if i'm in any doubt, put it in. but other councils aren't so relaxed. others want the most valuable plastic, the bottles, which can fetch several hundred pounds a tonne. that's why in greater manchester, officials are out telling

councillors only to recycle bottles, not to bother with other types of plastic. we only want plastic bottles, other types of plastic we want in the general waste bin. it's true lots of residents think they're doing the right thing because it's plastic and it must be all the same, but it's not. it's complicated, i understand that. a few councils don't recycle any plastic at all. some of them accept as many as 15 different types of plastic. around the country, we've worked out there are as many 39 different recycling plastic schemes. so there's a lot of confusion, and perhaps it's not surprising that our opinion poll has found that as many as 47% of people admit to having a disagreement in the household about whether a particular household item can be recycled. amid all the confusion, the government wants to boost plastic recycling, maybe with better labels or having the same rules across the country. we'll find out later this year.

david shukman, bbc news. time to take at the weather forecast. the storm brought some heavy rain and some areas are sought a months worth of rainfall and the strongest winds were 78 hours per hour. this afternoon it's a story of sunny spells and showers. those show is quite heavy and family. we could seek gusts of 55 miles per hour crossing and and wales. this evening and overnight, still one or two showers in the north and west. we will see more in the way of cloud pushing into the south—west. saturday, a chilly night. a bright start of the day tomorrow for many.

cloud and outbreaks of rain will push into the south and west. cloudy skies in northern ireland and northern england. your childhood northern england. your childhood northern scotland. we could see some disruption as we move into sunday with heavy rain and strong winds. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: ministers are standing by theresa may's brexit proposal as a "workable, credible" deal, despite it being rejected by eu leaders at their salzburg summit. the prime minster has promised to come forward with new plans to avoid a hard border between northern and the republic of ireland. two major drugs companies lose a legal bid to prevent the nhs prescribing a cancer drug to treat a debilitating eye condition. the drug — avastin — could save the nhs £500 million a year. the metropolitan police have admitted for the first time that bosses knew that an undercover officer was having a sexual relationship with an environmental activist. bbc news has seen legal documents which reveal that mark kennedy's line manager had allowed his liaison

with kate wilson to continue. the authorities in tanzania say more than a hundred bodies have been found after a ferry capsized on lake victoria. rescue efforts have resumed after being halted overnight. sport now, here's olly foster. good morning. the arsenal manager unai emery has asked the clubs fans and his team to embrace the europa league. they won their opening match in the group stage last night but the emirates stadium was only half—full. they beat ukrainian side vorskla poltava 4—2. pierre emerick aubameyang scored twice as they went 4—0 up. emery won the europa league three years in a row when he managed sevilla and he says it is an important competition.

i think it's step—by—step and i am sure the supporters will come the little by little. so arsenal winning at home, chelsea were on the road in northern greece, they were quite wastfeul with some of their finishing against paok salonika but still won 1—0. willian with the goal. it was also a good night for the two scottish sides in the europa league. rangers had a really tough opening match away at villareal in spain. they were losing with 15 minutes to play but kyle lafferty equalised. his first european goal. it finished 2—2. rangers are unbeaten in 9 european matches this season. their qualifying campaign started back injuly. they've played more europa league matches than domestic games. celtic have started the group stage with a win the first time they've done that in 17 years in europe. they left it very late. leigh griffiths with the winner against rosenborg in the 87th minute at celtic park. sergio aguero has signed a one

year contract extension with manchester city to take him through to 2021. the 30 year old joined the club in 2011 and is their record goalscorer. the argentine has scored 204 goals and won three premier league titles with three different managers the scotland full—back stuart hogg is going to miss the autumn international series. he's had surgery on an ankle problem and will be out for up to three months. scotland start their autumn programme in cardiff in a match held in honour of former scotland and lions lock doddie weir, who has motor neurone disease. wada's decision to lift the ban of russia's anti—doping agency has faced fierce criticism from several leading sports organistaions and prominent athletes from around the world. rusada have been suspended for the best part of three years following evidence of state sponsored doping on a mass scale and after failing to meet the main criteria for reinstatement wada have been accused

of agreeing on a compromise lam incredibly i am incredibly saddened by the decision by the executive committee today. primarily because we had hoped the decision to reinstate russia would be postponed, at least for a few months so that some due consideration could be given to the compromise that seems to be have put on the table. anthoiny joshua and alexander potevkin will weigh in later today for their heavyweight world title fight at wembley tomorrow night joshua is putting all three of his belts on the line against his russian opponent. potevkin failed two separate drugs tests a couple of years ago. one of them for meldonium, the drug that maria sharapova fell foul of and he also tested positive for a steroid—like substance, before one of his fights. he escaped a lengthy ban

my opinion is, if you are on drugs you get banned, symbolise that. it's not for me to make that decision. but i believe in a fair fight. it's not like golf where i am trying to improve my sting, —— swing. ithink there should be more severe precautions. i focus on myself. i don't worry about what the judges and referees are doing. that's all the spoken out. yesterday, european leaders told theresa may her proposals for a deal following the uk's exit from the eu wouldn't work. so how are things the morning after the night before? in paris is our corresponent

hugh schofield. damien mcguinness is in the german capital berlin for us and adam easton can give us the view from poland. he's in warsaw. hugh, what's the mood in paris this morning? tough words from emanuel mccrone yesterday. he has been cast as the hardliner in the negotiations and the bogeyman went out of his way to humiliate theresa may and make sure that her plan was rejected. his words yesterday saying that british politicians who promised that brexit would make britain richer were liars, those words sound like the death nail to the check plan because they applied will do whatever it ta kes to they applied will do whatever it takes to make britain suffer as a point of principle to make sure the message gets out to other waverers in europe there is no easy way out. emanuel macron sees itself as a

european visionary and standard—bearer in the battle against it. does this mean that a deal with britain is hopeless cause? maybe or maybe not. nobody knows what's going on inside his mind and his words seem to be open to interpretation. if he does plan to scupper anything approaching mrs may's plans submitted is it breaches those core european union principles, that on the other hand this is maybe just principles, that on the other hand this is maybejust also part principles, that on the other hand this is maybe just also part of a giant game of chequers chicken. in high stakes to go don't winds down the rhetoric at this stage, you push until the end. it might be that it's right at the end we get to know what emanuel macron is prepared to accept. that is the view from paris. over to berlin. brexit is not in the

headlines today in the german press. that's because the german voters think it's not much of an issue and all the politicians agree with the line taken by brussels which is the eu and the single market should not be split up and they should not be any cherry picking. that is something angela merkel has been categorical about. she feels you are either in the eu or you're not. you're either in the single market we re you're either in the single market were not. that is something the german business agrees with even though german exporters want to sell ca rs though german exporters want to sell cars to britain and keep things moving so they are concerned about that. at the same time what's more important for both of those people, the government and business, is keeping the single market intact and thatis keeping the single market intact and that is way it was always a given that is way it was always a given that germany would reject the chequers proposal as it stands right

now because for berlin that stands for splitting up the freedoms within the single market. it also is seen as unworkable by billing. manufacturers say you can't split up services and goods. you can split up what's a service and good within manufacturing cars and germany regards its wealth is based on the integrity of the single market to anything that seems to pull that apartjeopardise it anything that seems to pull that apart jeopardise it will be anything that seems to pull that apartjeopardise it will be knocked back. that's why the reaction of eu leaders in salzburg has not been a surprise you in germany. that is the viewing burling. over now to poland. here in warsaw the polish prime minister said that poland really wants to break the impasse between the eu and the uk in the brexit negotiations. that's partly because poland is a big friend of the uk and

they have similar views about free trade but a strong stance against russia. but it's mainly about polish interests. what poland wants to avoid at all costs is a no deal scenario and that's because there are scenario and that's because there a re two scenario and that's because there are two major issues for poland. what the polish government wants more than anything is to be seen to be securing the rights of the 1 million polish citizens working in the uk and it's also not money. poland is the biggest recipient of eu funds and the uk is a significant contributor to that budget. it is not wanting no deal scenario jeopardising the amount of cash it gets from that budget. then there is theissue gets from that budget. then there is the issue of trade. the uk is the third—largest market for polish goods. the government it not want

any sort of uncertainty to affect all this business. —— any sort of uncertainty to affect allthis business. —— polish. does it mean poland will break ranks from the european union and side with the uk? we don't know. they have been off the record comments that poland could support chequers but we don't know whether it's true or not. poland benefits from its membership of the eu and its unknown at this stage whether it would be prepared to sign up to any agreement which could seriously compromise the integrity of the single market. a third of drivers say they have become more dependent on their cars over the last year because of failing public transport. that s according to a survey by the rac. here's our consumer

correspondent, colletta smith. delayed, expensive, overcrowded or not running at all. it's been a year of passengers pulling their hair out on public transport, so it's no surprise to hear that those who own a car have said they are becoming more reliant on it. the rac put together a survey of 2000 drivers and, for the first time in four years, the number of people who said they are using their car more has increased. six in ten of those surveyed said they would use their car less if public transport was better. and 23% said that, because of where they live, the car is the only option. what is surprising about this research is that normally, when fuel prices go up, and fuel prices are at their highest for four years, we see car use drop. but in this instance what we have seen is that car use and car dependence is increasing. but drivers did notjust blame problematic train and bus journeys. a big part of the picture is our changing lifestyle.

whether through choice or necessity, we are travelling further for work and living further from family. but it is also worth pointing out that recent government figures show that a quarter of all car journeys are less than two miles. colletta smith, bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri in the business news customers of rbs, natwest and ulster bank are reportedly now able to access their accounts through the banking group's online and app platforms. account holders had been reporting problems with the services. uk public borrowing has fallen. the ons said borrowing in the financial year to date, excluding banks, was £17.8 billion, which is £7.8 billion less than during the same period in 2017. this was the lowest year—to—date totalfor 16 years.

new research published today by eef, the manufacturers organisation, shows that one is six manufacturers business decision makers say business would become untenable if there is a no—deal brexit. more on that shortly. whatever side of the debate they're on, the one word we've heard over and over again from businesses this week is uncertainty. the latest sector to come forward and ask for certainty and stability is the manufacturing organisation the eef. they've done a survey of their members which has found one in four manufacturers has put the brakes on their investment plans or that they expect to lose skilled workers and new contracts because of brexit. stephen phipson is the chief executive of the manufacturers organisation the eef and he joins us from our central london studio. explain to me what exactly

businesses have been saying to you? we have then to surveys this week. the outputs of which are interesting. the perception generally about manufacturing and we see the public values are very highly and it's got a great resonance, it's very important to us going forward. that comes quite strongly. the second thing is temperature check with manufacturer ‘s as to how they are feeling about brexit and the uncertainty going forwards. it falls into two camps. the larger companies holding off on investments until they are sure about what the trading positions will be. they of course are a part of very large integrated supply chains across europe and that trade flow goes backwards and forwards so they are considering in both directions how the investment should look depending on the outcomes of the deal. smaller companies continue to invest carefully but are worried about things like wto tariffs and

how it will affect their competitiveness in selling to european customers. clarity and certainty is the major issue to unlock this and moving forward on a free trade area to make sure there are no barriers in the way of customs tariffs going forwards is absolutely vital to all of them. interestingly your survey shows that amongst the general public britain is not seen as a great manufacturing nation despite the fact that in reality we are. yes. the general public, a lot more is said in the public, a lot more is said in the public about the financial services, but most people are not aware that we are the ninth largest global manufacturing camp —— country in the world. there is an issue there around perception which is important when we are trying to encourage new talent into the sector. the other point around that is around

salaries. people consider it to be the old—fashioned salaries. people consider it to be the old —fashioned people salaries. people consider it to be the old—fashioned people sitting at factory benches producing products in the way they did several decades ago. but actually the sector pays well above the average in terms of salary. it is an attractive sector for young people to make a career. the made in britain local now has different resonance than it did 30 yea rs different resonance than it did 30 years ago. things have improved. different resonance than it did 30 years ago. things have improvedm really is the case. in every sector we are one of the most innovative manufacturing nations in the world. it is something to be proud of and to keep that going we need trade free barriers and new skills coming into the industry. thank you so much for joining into the industry. thank you so much forjoining us. in other business news, italy's competition watchdog has opened a inquiry into ryanair‘s decision to charge people to take hand luggage on to the plane.

antitrust said hand luggage was "an essential element of transport" and should be included in the ticket price. passengers have to pay £8 to take on a 10kg bag. shares in suits retailer moss bros have dropped, after issuing a profit warning earlier this morning. moss bros group has reported a 6.9% fall in sales, for the six months tojuly. insurance firm lloyd's of london has seen its pre—tax profits for the first half of 2018 drop by 50%. the firm says that the fall in profits was due to the multiple "severe" natural catastrophes that occurred in 2017. last year the insurance market reported its first annual loss in six years. "unfair obstacles" may be stopping women from starting and growing their own companies, the government has said. it said women were half as likely as men to start their own business, and only a fifth of smaller firms were led by females. miners and banks drove britain's top

share index to a fresh two—week high on friday, whilejust eat tumbled as uber‘s reported advances to deliveroo triggered fears of rising competition in the food delivery industry. that's all the business news. the winners of this year's mercury prize are the indie band wolf alice. they beat the likes of noel gallagher, arctic monkeys and lily allen, who wasn't happy. here's our arts and entertainment correspondent, colin paterson. wolf alice. cheering. indie band wolf alice, winners of the mercury prize for their second album, ‘visions of a life'. the judges said it combined the epic and intimate in equal measure, they were visibly shocked by the result. thank you so much! cherring. this was the second time they had

made the mercury shortlist, but theirfirst win. in fact, no female fronted act had triumphed since pj harvey seven years ago. immediately after they came off stage, they told me why it meant so much to them. i think i have always found being a musician, being a performer, the whole music industry extremely intimidating and scared about it and not knowing what i was doing. but here we are, four best friends and we still don't know what we are doing. but we are here. you know... it means everything. i don't know. i don't know the answer to that question. i am just so happy. not everyone was happy about the result. lily allen was seen on camera in tears and later took to social media to say: as for wolf alice, they can expect an immediate sales boost, and on sunday, they start their australian

tour in sydney. so it is not only the mercury win that is causing their world to turn upside down. colin paterson, bbc news. we will just take you we willjust take you to birmingham to the ukip conference. mr batten had been saying that ukip should become a radical and poplars party standing up the free speech against the politically correct thought police. here he is speaking. that

applies to the girls too. what a marvellous speech without so far this morning. amusing, funny, entertaining, informative. ionly hope i can follow as well. we are here today to celebrate the 25th anniversary of our party. a quarter ofa anniversary of our party. a quarter of a century ago six people sat in a room in the london school of economics and renamed the anti—federalist league the uk independence party and our party was born. the primary policy of ukip was to achieve britain's exit from the european union. to do that it was always intended that we would not be always intended that we would not be a pressure group or a single issue party. from the start it was intended that we would be a fully fledged political party with a full range of policies and that we would become a force in national politics.

ukip's achievements have been his doric. relatively few thousand patriots have brought our country to the point where it is able to restore its freedom and independence from the european union. at thatjob is far from done. it's myjob to lead the party into its next phase of existence and i would like to start by miss quoting from shakespeare's 12th start by miss quoting from shakespeare's12th night. some men are born to leadership, some men aspire to leadership and some men have leadership thrust upon them. you can all guess which category i fall into. seven months ago our party stood on the edge of destruction. we were four to six weeks away from

insolvency. i had a choice of doing something or doing nothing. i simply could not watch as our party disappeared into oblivion. sol volunteered for the interim leadership. i was appointed interim leadership. i was appointed interim leader on the 17th of every. —— february. in april, i was elected unopposed for a 12 month term. some people say i have saved the party. in all do modestly that's true! but i could not have done it without you, the ordinary members of the party, the patrons, the activists. you made ukip's survival possible. you made ukip's survival possible. you donated the money we needed in our wrap our you donated the money we needed in ourwrap ourof you donated the money we needed in our wrap our of crisis. he rallied

to the ukip flag. thank you all. i would like to thank some key people. tony mcintyre who took on the role of chairman. a demanding and thankless task but an essential one. thank you tony. also my thanks to kerstin herriot who has worked to organise this conference. i would like to thank sebastien fairwater who took on the role of party treasurer. his skilful financial management ina treasurer. his skilful financial management in a bulbous to whether the storms of the first few months and pedants on the even keel we are on now. i have also got to thank all the staff at ukip hq under the

management of david challis and hillary john. management of david challis and hillaryjohn. without the dedication of those people the day—to—day administration of the party would not happen and they would be the party. so thank you to them. also thanks to a national executive committee. the national executive committee. the national executive committee has worked with me from day one in a corporative and constructive manner. do not listen to the black propaganda about the nec. they are your elected representatives and have supported me in all i have needed to do. their are about three more to blame us to thank. going to love was the long—term press officer who is now moving on to develop this new pr company. thank you and good luck in

your new in devon. chris hicks, who some of you may have met already, is my new press officer and he has done a greatjob in helping me in the last few weeks. many of you will know, i am sure, liz phillips, a long—time activist and worker for liz phillips, a long—time activist and workerfor ukip, liz phillips, a long—time activist and worker for ukip, who is now my personal assistant, without who i simply could not do myjob. she has been donating her time until the 1st of september free of charge and she has now come on board as my pa. so, thank you, chris and lives. now, there are many ukip members out there are many ukip members out there that i could also thank but time does not allow. take it from me, you are all appreciated, thank you, one and all. when i took over

as leader, i kind of identified four main goals. first to save the party financially. to increase membership. to put brexit at the forefront of ourcampaigns. to put brexit at the forefront of our campaigns. and two pointers in the right direction financially. party was quickly saved financially by donations from the members and we we re soon by donations from the members and we were soon quickly in the black. but to fight elections, we have two increase the membership. i must have been doing and saying something right over the last seven months because membership is now increasing. when i took over... when itook increasing. when i took over... when i took over, membership was plummeting. since then, we have steadied and we have recruited about another 6000 new members and members are increasing steadily and surely. i want to talk about the most difficult thing to achieve and that is how to restore ukip as an electoral threat. under my

leadership i wanted ukip to be a populist party, in the real meaning of the word. i want ukip to be a party whose policies are popular with ordinary people and voters, i wa nt with ordinary people and voters, i want ukip to be the party that represents the interests of ordinary people. those people who work and pay taxes. those unemployed who would very much like to have a job but don't have one. and the small and medium—size business owners. these people are the backbone of our great country. they are not represented... they are not represented... they are not represented by big business, the big business interests of the conservative party, nor are they represented by the marxist ideologues of the labour party, backed by the trade unions. the ordinary people of this country need

a political champion and in the months and years to come, i want ukip to be that champion. ukip policies are not about being right or being left. but they are about standing up for what is right and opposing what is wrong. today we publish... today we are going to publish... today we are going to publish our interim manifesto, polly cis publish our interim manifesto, polly c is for people, and you will all get a free copy on your way out at lunchtime —— policies for people. you can read that at your leisure. ukip policies should be about what is fairand ukip policies should be about what is fair and just. and opposing what is fair and just. and opposing what is unfairand is fair and just. and opposing what is unfair and unjust. people should have jobs. a decent standard of living. and an affordable home. that is not left wing. that is about what is not left wing. that is about what is right. controlling immigration,

punishing and deterring criminals adequately and combating terrorist ideology. that is not right wing. it is about being right. it is not fair that international cooperation corporations can avoid taxes while people are taxed the hilt and yet still struggle to make ends meet. that is unfairand still struggle to make ends meet. that is unfair and unjust. it is not fair that people who spend years on a council housing list and cannot get a home, and yet foreign nationals can go straight to the top of the housing queue because there are eu citizens and they have equal rights. but is unfair and unjust. it is not fair that people who have paid taxes all their lives cannot get the operations or treatment they

need on the national health service because it has become an international health service. the nhs is open to abuse from people around the world. and that is unfair and unjust. now, the people of britain are decent, fair—minded and tolerant, they want policies that are fairandjust and tolerant, they want policies that are fair and just and that means policies that are in their interests and therefore in the national interest. now, you can get the manifesto on your way out. one of the most important policies and that is of course the primary policy of making brexit happen. ukip spent 23 years campaigning and fighting countless elections to become the electoral threat needed to achieve its aims. it was our electoral threat that forced david cameron to trigger the referendum. he threat that forced david cameron to triggerthe referendum. he thought he would win, but he miscalculated.

ukip achieved the referendum and it was ukip boots on the ground and nigel farage on the tv that one of the leave vote in the referendum on the leave vote in the referendum on the 23rd of june the leave vote in the referendum on the 23rd ofjune 2016. despite the combined forces of the political establishment, the media establishment, the media establishment, and the international establishment, and the international establishment, campaigning for a remain vote, they lost and we won. and that believe vote was a magnificent victory for democracy and ordinary people. and what has happened in the two years and three months since? well, we have not left the european union yet, that is the show. theresa may and her cross party we st show. theresa may and her cross party west mr establishment have no intention of fully committing a

complete exit from the european union, if they can possibly avoid it. they would like to reverse the decision of the referendum altogether but failing that, they will settle for brexit in name only. the so—called deal theresa may wants to achieve is one whereby we pay the eu lots of money, we obey most of their laws, continue to be subject to the decisions of the court of justice of the european union and have more or less open borders. that will mean leaving in name only. if she can achieve that, then it will leave the way open to tate britain back into the european union in a few years' time. one thing that theresa may said which i believe there is —— that she does not want any more uk meps after the 29th of march next year. what she really means she does not want any ukip meps. there was never going

to be this mythical good deal offered by the eu. they don't want us to leave. they have no incentive whatsoever to offer us a deal whereby we really leave. it was never going to happen. some in the party tally that i should concentrate on talking about brexit. well, let me remind them that there's one political party in this country that has published an eu exit plan. at parties ukip and i wrote that plan. —— that party is ukip. i have been consistent for 25 years, 26 in actual fact, in saying that the only way that we should leave the only way that we should leave the eu is by means of unconditional withdrawal. no ifs or buts or

equivocations. when ukip says it, leave really does mean leave. now, others have toyed with article 50 but i stuck to my guns. and now you can see how right i was. if we don't leave by the means that i have described in my exit plan, then we will never leave properly at all. if we had a prime minister and a house of commons that seriously wanted to implement the decision of the referendum, this is what they would do. first of all, forget article 50 and immediately repeal the european communities act 1972. we should do that as a first step, not a final step in the process. we should leave under our law, not the eu 's law. we should offer continued

tariff free trade and if that is not accepted by the eu, then we convert... we can revert to world trade organisation terms. they can make that decision in a week. and it will be the eu 's decision, not ours. we should offer reciprocal terms for citizens' rights to those already in the uk but such a deal must be reciprocal to uk citizens on the continent. now, all eu law has been incorporated into uk law and would remain temporarily in place. but we can set about amending it in our timescale and according to our priorities. there are literally thousands of eu derived laws in effect in this country today. they cannot be repealed or amended overnight. areas of legislation must be prioritised but there would be no transition period. there would be periods of adjustment under our control, depending on the

legislative area. we must deal with the important things first like trade, which i have just mentioned. such things as the uniform height brake lights on farm vehicles, i think we can leave on the back burner. and yes, it does exist and yes i voted on it and it has always stuck in my mind ever since. and it shows you what an exciting life we had in strasbourg and brussels. we should explain to the european union that we want trade, friendship and european union but brussels does not govern the uk any more. we should not be asking european union how we can leave, we should be telling them how it is going to work. now, it'll never be too late to do that. provided we have a patriotic

government and house of commons with the will to do it. the one flaw in my argument, which of course i recognise, is that we don't currently have a government or a house of commons with the desire or the resolve to do it. theresa may and her tory government intend to betray brexit. i have absolutely no doubt about that. only ukip will continue the fight to get britain out of the european union completely. now, don't waste your time byjoining pressure groups. they will only divert effort and attention away from electioneering and they will achieve nothing. only and they will achieve nothing. only an electoral threat at the ballot box can make a difference. and that threat comes from the uk independence party. if britain leaves the european union in name only, ukip will continue the struggle to repeal whatever

withdrawal agreement is put in its place, for however long that takes. how do we make ukip an electoral threat again? we are already on the way. in the english local elections la st way. in the english local elections last may, we lost lots of seats, there is no hiding that, but we also achieved an average of 6% of the vote in the seats where we stood. our current national polling puts us on about 7%. now, you cannot win a seat in westminster on 7% but you can ensure that others lose their seats. if there were a snap election in october, we can cause havoc in marginal seats on 7%. under the first past the post voting system, general elections are fought in marginal seats. we know where the remain mps said. we know where there are remain mps in leave constituencies on narrow margins. we know where all mps said with a narrow majority. in the next general

election, ukip intends to run every constituency, but we will target some seats, i am not going to tell you exactly where today, but i will tell you that we are going to hit remainers hard. remainers, we know where your constituencies are and we are coming for you. now, what do i need you to do for ukip to help us fight elections? i need you and your members to help your branches organise, raise money, adopt candidates, four elections. i need as many of you as possible to stand up as many of you as possible to stand up and the candidates in next year 's local elections in may 2019. i need 650 of you to put yourself

forward to be candidates in the next general election. we are selecting them now. we are not quite there. but i want a full ticket of candidates, if that is humanly possible. our strategy as always will be to put pressure through the ballot box to bring about a complete and total exit from the european union. i cannot organise that all on my own. i need every ukip member to help in anyway they can. this party belongs to you. its fate is in your hands. you can make it happen. now, the subject of lectures brings me onto another policy in the manifesto, which i think will be very popular with the population at large and that is reform of the voting system. we know the voting syste m voting system. we know the voting system is not fair and does not deliver what people vote for. we have a voting system in this country which is a conspiracy between the

conservative party and the labour party to ensure that they stay in parliament and everybody else is ke pt parliament and everybody else is kept out. first past the post is meant to be a game of musical chairs with one seat and two players. how can it be fair that most votes cast in elections don't actually elect anybody? that is not fair and it is notjust. proportional representation gives people what they voted for, and ukip has proved that point. in the european elections since 1999, ukip gradually moved up the ranking until we achieved first place in 2014. ukip policy is to introduce a form of proportional representation in local and parliamentary elections. if we lived in a 2—party democracy, then the first past the post system would be fair, but we don't and it isn't.

if we had a fair voting system, there would have been ukip mps in parliament years ago. and the brexit negotiations now would look a lot different than what they do. proportional representation puts mps in parliament in the proportion that they were chosen by the electorate. that is good, notjust for ukip but for every democratic party in the uk. one of the reasons why people voted to leave in the referendum was the realisation that our government had surrendered control to the european union. and the policy that made that lack of control so obvious to anybody was of course immigration. now, immigration of itself is neither good nor bad. it depends entirely on the context. it depends entirely on the context. it depends on who your immigration policy decides to admit and in what

numbers. and what we have seen in this country now for many years has been essentially an uncontrolled and unlimited immigration policy. as paul oakley so brilliantly outlined in his talk, britain is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. we simply do not need mass immigration. no, that is not true. there is nothing wrong with immigration. it depends who you let m, m immigration. it depends who you let in, in what numbers and why. many great people who have contributed to this country have been immigrants and descendants of immigrants. let me make that claim to you and the world. we are not against it. the economic arguments put up for mass immigration on of course

entirely spurious. we have been admitting about 1 million entirely spurious. we have been admitting abouti million new people every four years or so and such an increase in the population is simply unsustainable. you only have to look at ourjammed unsustainable. you only have to look at our jammed roads, unsustainable. you only have to look at ourjammed roads, power packed public transport systems, power oversubscribed schools and overflowing hospitals to understand that. the mass importation of people into the uk and indeed europe is not really an immigration policy as such, there is something more to it. it is about big business wanting cheap labour that it can move anywhere in the world where it needs it. and it is also an ideological policy, it is about undermining and destroying national loyalties and national identities, in order to more readily... in orderto national identities, in order to more readily... in order to more readily introduce rule by supranational body such as the european union.

immigration policies in the western world a re immigration policies in the western world are the result of an unholy alliance between big business and the political left. big business once had endless supply of cheap labour. left—wing politicians want to replace the traditional working—class voters that they no longer represent and have abandoned. people see their living standards driven down. they see property prices driven up. they see property prices driven up. they see their quality of life decline because of overpopulation. they see crime increase. they feel for the future of their children and their grandchildren. and if people dare to speak out against it, they are called racist, xenophobic and a hard right, and we are supposed to be cowed into submission and silence. i have got some good news and some bad news. the european union has a

plan to solve illegal immigration. the bad news is that they are going to make it illegal. in december, the european union will be at a summit in marrakesh, a united nations summit, in which they intend to sign what is called a un global compact on migration and asylum. the eu has the ability to sign treaties in its own right, which it took on under the lisbon treaty. and they will sign up any country which is a memberof the sign up any country which is a member of the european union to this global compact. basically, as paul outlined so well, it will seek to make illegal immigration legal. you consta ntly make illegal immigration legal. you constantly hear the refrain, we must hear more legal routes to migration. if you think what we have seen in germany and sweden and italy across europe and in the uk is remarkable,

you ain't seen nothing yet, if they get their way. now, the uk's immigration policy should be one that allows entry to people in the numbers that are appropriate for the host country. a sensible policy would only allow entry to people who abide by our laws and are ready, willing and able to integrate into our society. we should not admit people who then tell the host population that we must adapt to them. ukip 's immigration policy would end the age of mass immigration once and for all. we should have a strictly controlled and limited immigration syste m controlled and limited immigration system that allows in those people who can contribute to our national life but not those who threaten or rejected. now, iwould like

life but not those who threaten or rejected. now, i would like to talk a little bit about the policies. time will not allow me to go into a great deal of detail. let me give you a flavour of some of the policies in the manifesto. ukip will defend the national health service and whenever possible terminate by acts of parliament the private financial initiatives that have burdened it with debt. ukip will waive tuition fees for further and higher education in subjects vital to our nice —— national life, science, engineering, technology, mathematics and medicine. ukip will abolish hsz, which is blighting lives... i knew you would like that one. it is blighting lives and going to cost at least 100 billion. now, i billion. now, lam not billion. now, i am not sure billion. now, lam not sure if billion. now, i am not sure if you would like this one. ukip will abolish the bbc

licence fee. we would make it into a subscription service and those who want to listen toa service and those who want to listen to a stream of politically correct anti—brexit bias can decide if they wa nt anti—brexit bias can decide if they want to pay for it or not. now, i don't know if you are aware by channel 4, the taxpayer is also the birds is it underwrites channel 4, we would sell that fanned sell it toa 4, we would sell that fanned sell it to a commercial player. and who knows? if they actually depend on the commercial world, they actually might try to be a bit more art —— impartial in their reporting as well. we would apologist —— abolish

the overseas aid budget and save £14 billion. we can better spend that money here, solving our own problems. now, we borrow money... we borrow money in order to give it to countries with their own space programmes and their own nuclear weapons programmes, while our public services, such as the police and the prison service, are underfunded and more and more people live below the poverty line. that is notjust and that is not fair. ukip opposes the pointless wars that we have seen in places like iraq and afghanistan. our service men and women, those magnificent service men and women bravely do their duty when they are called upon. hundreds of sacrifice

live and limb. the financial cost has been in billions and what have these wars achieved? nothing. no military action should be taken unless it can be clearly shown to be in our nation 's vital interests. ukip also supports obviously our police and prison officers, they are starved of resources and theirjobs get harder and more dangerous all the time. ukip would make adequate provision to pay them properly and resource them. ukip will defend the right of free speech. which is steadily being eroded. we have to have the right to speak

our minds within our traditional criminal law. without the fear that the thought police will come knocking on our doors. i feel that i hafj morris to speak out on some issues. because can. i don't need a job next year. if you don't need a job next year. if you don't want me, i can retire, no problem. there are people out there... let me finish. anybody of employable age now has to be very careful what they say. i am not talking about threatening behaviour and abusive behaviour, i am talking about having politically legitimate opinions, which if they publicise them might damage their career, their employment prospects. i know people that have lost theirjob because of their association with ukip. i have to speak up for those

people because they can't speak for themselves. let me wind up by returning to the subject brexit. now, ukip has spent 25 years fighting to restore britain's former status as an independent, democratic, sovereign nation. we would not have done that if we did not think it was in the british national interest. let's have a quick summary of the benefits of life outside the european union. leaving the european union will restore democratic government. where we once again live under our own laws, made by our own parliament, with politicians that we elect and we can sap. “— with politicians that we elect and we can sap. —— sack. we will regain control of our trade policy and can look to the world again to increase our trade and prosperity. we will free businesses from unnecessary eu rules and regulations. this will boost employment, prosperity, jobs and tax

revenue. outside the common agricultural policy, we will regain control of ourfarming policy, we will regain control of our farming industry, we can stop subsidising big landowners, but start supporting farmers who actually produce food. we can also import cheaper food from outside the eu, benefiting the poorest in our society, but also helping developing countries. outside the common fisheries policy, we can rebuild our fishing industry, generate billions for the economy, and regenerate our coastal fishing towns. and now something close to my heart. outside of the european union, we can reject the eu 's legal

institutions and legal instruments, such as the evil european arrest warrant. these are destroying our ancient freedoms and liberties under our own law. i willjust say something, if i may come about my own personal leadership. you put me in this position of trust andl you put me in this position of trust and i will do the very best to honour that trust you have put in me. sometimes i may say things that some of you don't agree with but i at least ask you to believe that i do that because i sincerely believe it is right for our country and try to our people. i am sure i will get

—— something is wrong. nobody who has to make decisions every day ever get it 100% right. ukip must be an electoral threat once again. we can't do that by concentrating on brexit. we have to have a full range of policies that are popular with our people. i have no doubt that ukip was my efforts will be needed just as much in the next 25 years as they were in the last 25 years. ukip is the only opposition. only ukip is working for britain, for brexit and looking beyond. ukip once an independent prosperous britain that believes in itself. thank you for all of your efforts over the years and now ukip needs your help in the coming months and years to help us fulfil our mission. thank you. that was the ukip leader addressing

the party conference in birmingham. he said hisjob the party conference in birmingham. he said his job was to lead the party into the next phase of its existence after some turbulent times for the party. he said that in the next general election ukip intends to run in every seat but he said the party would be targeting some seats more than others and said it would be attempting to hit remain mps constituencies hard. he said he was going to be the champion of the ordinary people and he said if the uk leaves the eu in name only ukip would be fighting on. that was the address by the leader of ukip, talking at the party conference in birmingham. ministers are standing

by theresa may's brexit proposal as a "workable, credible" deal, despite it being rejected by eu leaders at their salzburg summit. the prime minster has promised to come forward with new plans to avoid a hard border between northern and the republic of ireland. two major drugs companies lose a legal bid to prevent the nhs prescribing a cancer drug to treat a debilitating eye condition. the drug — avastin — could save the nhs £500 million a year. the metropolitan police have admitted for the first time that an undercover officer had a sexual relationship with an environmental activist with the knowledge of his bosses. bbc news has legal documents which show they knew

about mark kennedy's relationship with kate wilson and allowed it to continue. officials in tanzania say that more than a—hundred people are now known to have died when a ferry capsized on lake victoria yesterday. about thirty people have been rescued and searches are continuing. let's get more now on ministers insisting that theresa may's brexit proposal is still "workable and credible" despite being rejected by eu leaders at a summit in salzburg. meanwhile the transport secretary, chris grayling has warned the that the uk will leave to uk without a deal if the eu it doesn't‘ soften its position on the irish border. let's speak now to the labourmp, rupa huq, who is a supporter of the people's vote campaign, which is calling for a new eu referendum. as one of our correspondence in paris speculative earlier, the words we've heard from various leaders yesterday was that a game of

checkers chicken or do you think their now has substantially hardened its position? i think this was the final nail in the coffin for the checkers proposal. it is dead and buried. the labour party is going to vote against it because it does not have a customs union and it is threadbare on the issue of services which is 80% of our economy. then there are loads of conservatives who don't want it for different reasons either. there is a softer view. remember those resignations we had before the summer. people like guto bebb and phillip lee. and all these corpses in the path of the checkers qu bec‘s area, david davies and borisjohnson, qu bec‘s area, david davies and boris johnson, these qu bec‘s area, david davies and borisjohnson, these people were mean “— borisjohnson, these people were mean —— meant to be the architects

of exeter and they have walked. now the eu has confirmed it. she is flogging a dead horse. if theresa may can come up with a acceptable solution to the irish border question, perhaps other leaders might be prepared to work on the basis of checkers? they have said go back to the drawing board. that is the big sticking point. all this shows is is that breaking up is hard to do. we were promised it would be easy. the northern ireland border was not even mentioned in the referendum campaign. nobody had heard of what a customs union is so all these things are indicating that up all these things are indicating that up the end of all this whatever comes out of it, it needs to be validated by the people. we need to put it that the people and have a people's vote on the final brexit deal. do you fear now that theresa

may is going to have a difficult party conference and we are getting closer to a no—deal brexit? party conference and we are getting closer to a no-deal brexit? the clock is ticking. this was a time—limited negotiation of two yea rs. time—limited negotiation of two years. they took eight weeks off to have an election to give more power. she ended up losing the majority. she ended up losing the majority. she had a calamitous conference last year with the writing falling off the wall and there are conservative mps. we sawjust last week conservative mps openly plotting to get rid of her. she is probably relieved we had the summer recess so that stopped for a bit. the country suffers when conservative internal politics seems to be running the show. you want a people's vote. how

would that work? in the referendum people voted to leave the eu. the referendum was a fixed point in time on the 23rd ofjune 2016. people voted in good faith. they thought they were getting back control. but now we see the checkers compromise would have us sticking to a lot of structures from brussels and paying £39 billion to leave. people thought they were getting £350 million a week for the nhs. it's not the same question we had in 2016. it's at the end of all this when the deal comes back, is it what you thought you we re back, is it what you thought you were getting and do you still want it? it's like when you delete a file

on the computer and comes back into you really want to do this. the sequencing would have to be after the commons vote on it and we are seeing there is no natural majority for the checkers deal. she could choose to do it of her own volition or if there is an aggrieved that of legislation it could be an amendment inserted in there. people have a right. if it's a good deal, she has nothing to be scared of. the deal would be validated and she would be in an even stronger position. the brexit secretary has been speaking in the last few minutes and has been asked about the turbulent last 24—hour is. asked about the turbulent last 24-hour is. we are not going to get into all the drama. we should the traumatised the process. we need to keep state —— stay calm and keep the go keep state —— stay calm and keep the go shooting. we have revved up the motor of the eu's to go see asians.

we need to make progress and the eu have yanked up the handbrake. they are going to have to take the hand of the handbrake. all this week we've been giving you the opportunity to put your brexit questions to the experts. this time it's on the topic of health and how the nhs will be affected by the uk's departure from the eu. you've been sending in questions all morning. thank you. now let's see what our guests make of them. i'm joined by our health editor hugh pym, and anita charlesworth from the health foundation think tank. we have quite a few questions on this subject. this question from daniel. i would like to ask how the supply of medicines from the eu will be affected i brexit no deal. just

saying it will be all right is not acceptable. the government tried to address this last month with a series of technical papers about what would happen in the event of no deal. the fear had been and still is could they be chaos at ports with lorries being delayed by customs checks because there has been no deal and that means essential medicines don't get into the uk as rapidly as they should do. so stockpiling is the answer and what the government has done is it has written to all the pharmaceutical companies are saying you need to hold stocks of six weeks worth of essential medicines just in case there is any problem and we expect reports back from you on how you are doing that. the industry had until

this month the comeback with their plans and they have indicated they think they can do it and they might need some financial support from the government to build up the stocks because the clock is ticking. this relates to that first question. this one is from sarah. she says she has been a type one diabetic for 50 yea rs been a type one diabetic for 50 years and is on a new insulin made in europe and she is worried about the continuation of availability. she is concerned she might be finished off by brexit. this has been a concern for diabetics. very little insulin is made in the uk. the vast majority is imported. companies have said this will be pa rt companies have said this will be part of this six—week building up of stocks. they will ensure there is enough insulin in the uk and that is

pa rt enough insulin in the uk and that is part of this plan which the government says it is going to keep ta bs government says it is going to keep tabs on. the next question for you and it. this is from tom. he is asking, how will the nhs find the staff it needs if there are immigration restrictions? this is one of the biggest concerns for people in the nhs at the moment. we have got the problems of staff shortages in the health service. we are 40,000 nurses short on top of being very reliant on eu nurses. we have seen over the last 18 months a significant drop in the number of nurses from the eu who are joining the professional register here. before brexit wheeze to have around 900 nurses and join the professional

register in the uk from the eu and thatis register in the uk from the eu and that is now less than 100. there has been some pick—up in immigration from non—eu countries but nowhere near earth to compensate. in the long term part of the solution is to train more uk staff to become nurses but the big anxiety is it takes at least three years to train a nurse and in the interim what we do? we are also struggling to fill all the training places we have got.l question sent anomalously. will the cost of brexit to the british government have expenditure within the nhs? it all depends on what few you take of the british economy after brexit. they have been warnings that the economy will not grow as fast as it would have done if britain stayed in the eu. they have been dismissed from the other side saying that this project there.

he have to take a view on what you think the british economy will do. public spending growth depends to a large exte nt public spending growth depends to a large extent on the performance of the economy and if the economy grows ina the economy and if the economy grows in a healthy fashion then the nhs budget will grow. it all depends on how you see the performance of the economy long—term. how you see the performance of the economy long-term. a question from adam, how will it hard brexit effect nhs finances? the prime minister promised the nhs a lot of extra money over the next five years, £20 billion in five years which is even more than the 350 million a week they were talking about giving the brexit negotiations. it is clear that in order to fund that they need to be tax increases. will that

produce an economic shock and make it difficult not just for governments to fund its current spending plans but really hard for government to put up taxes to fund additional health care spending. the health services £1 in every five of the tax we pay. it's almost impossible to divorce the future of the nhs from the future of our economy. one final question from laura. is there a concern they will be an exodus of eu nationals who work at the nhs after the uk leads the eu? what about the people who are already here working in the nhs? the government has given an assurance to anybody working in the nhs that their long—term residency will be assured if they are currently working in the nhs. in

terms of what happens after brexit and people arriving, that is not clear. the government has tried to ensure everybody they have nothing to worry about. there has been data about people leaving the nursing register. we don't know why that has happened. the government insists they have given assured and says. it's important there is a global shortage of nurses so one of the concerns is as the value of the pound has fallen if you come to work here now being paid in pounds is worth less than if you want to send some of that money home to the eu. in other countries like australia and the us, they are increasingly attractive faces for english speaking nurses to go. thank you both. the headlines on bbc news:

ministers stand by theresa may — and her chequers plan for brexit —— despite it being rejected by eu leaders at their salzburg summit. two huge pharmaceutical firms lose a legal case —— which would have prevented a cancer drug being used to treat a common eye condition. the drug could save the nhs up to 500 million pounds annually. the metropolitan police admits, for the first time, that an undercover officer had a sexual relationship with an environmental activist —— with the knowledge of his bosses. the brexit secretary has been making comments this morning. let me try and filter through some of those

comments for you. dominic raab said we will not be extending article 50. we have enough time for the brexit deal. the next big date is the october summit in which a time —— which is a few weeks ago a. theresa may will be trying to reach further solutions acceptable to the eu and asking the to make the british government halfway. dominic raab also saying the uk will leave the eu on march the 29th next year even if it means ordeal. —— no deal. he says it's a bit late in the day for an alternative brexit model proposal from government critics. he also said i'm sure he used this and is settled status would be similar in no deal scenario as it would be underlay withdrawal agreement. a few

more comments from dominic raab. he says what donald tusk had to say yesterday was not a surprise. there is no credible alternative on the table from the eu. he adds the uk government has revved up the motor of these locations and it feels like salzburg was set up rather than a kick rebirth. —— rebirth. some victims of the worst treatment scandal in nhs history may still be living ? undiagnosed ? with a life threatening disease, the victoria derbyshire programme has learned. thousands of adults and children, many of them with the blood disorder haemophilia, were infected with hepatitis c and hiv after being given contaminated blood in the 1970s and 80s. but others were also affected, having been given donated blood after childbirth or an operation. next week, a major public inquiry starts into the scandal. jim reed reports.

you have to face your demons. that is what this enquiry is about. getting the answers and moving on. jackie britain outside the hospital in portsmouth that saved her life. in 1983 she gave birth here. her baby daughter was fine but jackie started haemorrhaging and needed donated blood. i thought everything was fine and in 2011! donated blood. i thought everything was fine and in 2011 i discovered the units of blood that had saved my life was killing me. the blood jackie was given was infected with hepatitis c. the virus went undetected in the body fears, slowly damaging her liver. she didn't notice any symptoms until she was in her mid—50s. notice any symptoms until she was in

her mid-50s. it was absolute fatigue. it was like i had run a marathon. i would feel physically sickjust trying to cook a meal.l new generation of drugs means jackie now has cleared the virus itself from the body. but the damage has already been done. she has to —— cirrhosis of the liver and need checks every six months to make sure it hasn't lead to cancer. how many six—month test site can be lucky for. when is my time going to be up? the contaminated blood scandal of the 70s and 80s is often called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. two major groups we re history of the nhs. two major groups were affected. first, people with the blood disorder haemophilia. almost 5000 were given a treatment contaminated with hepatitis and in many cases hiv. then a second group, those like jackie who received a blood transfusion after childbirth oran blood transfusion after childbirth or an operation. exactly how many

we re or an operation. exactly how many were infected, we just or an operation. exactly how many were infected, wejust don't or an operation. exactly how many were infected, we just don't know forshaw. estimates range from 5000 right up to 28,000. it is thought there will be some living with hepatitis c today who have not yet been diagnosed. the sad reality of this scandal is that many of those infected are no longer here. allen lost his wife sally last summer. she loved living. but she thought she would have longer than what she had. sally vickers was infected in 1982 after being even donated blood as pa rt after being even donated blood as part ofan after being even donated blood as part of an operation. she died suddenly of liver cancer caused by the hepatitis c. people say you must taste the nhs but the staff were great and the nurses were great. it was the department of health, they

arranged for the blood to come in.|j wa nt arranged for the blood to come in.|j want summary held accountable for it. next week a public enquiry finally opens into this scandal. the start of a long process that families hope will finally answer at least some of their questions. the winners of this year's mercury prize are the indie band wolf alice. they beat the likes of noel gallagher, arctic monkeys and lily allen, who wasn't happy. here's our arts and entertainment correspondent, colin paterson. wolf alice. cheering. indie band wolf alice, winners of the mercury prize for their second album, ‘visions of a life'. the judges said it combined the epic and intimate in equal measure, they were visibly shocked by the result. thank you so much! cherring. this was the second time they had made the mercury shortlist, but theirfirst win.

in fact, no female fronted act had triumphed since pj harvey seven years ago. immediately after they came off stage, they told me why it meant so much to them. i think i have always found being a musician, being a performer, the whole music industry extremely intimidating and scared about it and not knowing what i was doing. but here we are, four best friends and we still don't know what we are doing. but we are here. you know... it means everything. i don't know. i don't know the answer to that question. i am just so happy. not everyone was happy about the result. lily allen was seen on camera in tears and later took to social media to say: as for wolf alice, they can expect an immediate sales boost, and on sunday, they start their australian tour in sydney. so it is not only the mercury win that is causing their world

to turn upside down. colin paterson, bbc news. in a moment it's time for the 1:00pm news with clive myrie, but first it's time for a look at the weather. it has been a busy week. wednesday was all about storm ali and the strength of the wind. then it was a different storm and all about rain. pa rt different storm and all about rain. part of sheffield had a months worth of rain before that system cleared. it has done so and it's moving off into the north sea. behind it quite squeeze in the isa bars which means it's still pretty windy. the wind is now coming from a north—westerly direction and it is driving right across the country and making a notable difference in the feel of the weather. a windy afternoon particularly through the midlands

down into parts of lincolnshire. eventually those winds will ease. sunny spells and scattered showers for the rest of the day. lighter winds and fewer showers and clear skies to temperatures will fall away. single figures in world spots. we start off on saturday on a cooler vote with try and sunny weather. in scotla nd vote with try and sunny weather. in scotland we keep some showers and despite some early showers another area of low pressure moving in bringing someone whether into the south—west towards wales. here it will feel pretty miserable. top temperatures only 11 degrees. down into the south i want to illustrate it is going to feel noticeably cooler. at the beginning of the week temperatures were in the low 20s but some places down 10 degrees on where

they have been. as we move out of saturday into sunday we have got got another area of low pressure forming of the west coast of ireland and that could be bringing more wet and windy weather with it. still a level of uncertainty as to just how far north or south it's going to be sitting but wrapping around that we will see some strong winds and as the rain starts to ease away we could get gales through the midlands down into the south—east. some of that rain on sunday could be quite miserable. further north, it's bright and breezy. theresa may prepares to make a live statement, about the future of brexit talks, after the eu summit in salzburg. the other leaders said her proposals wouldn't work. but the brexit secretary argues a deal is still possible. i think we'll all keep our cool, there will be more twists and turns in the brexit story, and we'll keep resolute, keep resolved and keep negotiating.

we'll have the latest from westminster and salzburg. also on the programme... for the first time, police admit they did know an undercover officer was having a sexual relationship with an environmental activist. in a ruling that could save the nhs hundreds of millions of pounds doctors can use a cheaper treatment for a debilitating eye condition, after two drug companies lose their case in court. why are there 39 different sets of rules across the uk on what we can and cannot recycle?